Garbage receptacle



C. B. MORGAN.

GARBAGE RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION mw sums. 1919.

Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

Ema :55 HMDRG Z UNITED STATES CHARLES B. MORGAN;

' TouZZ whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. lVIoncaN, citizen of the'United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garbage Receptacles, of which the following is a specification. I p

My invention relates to a sanitary garbage receptacle in which the cover is especially constructed with a vent-pipe adapted to carry off the moisture and discharge the gases or fumes of the garbage sufficiently far enough above the receptacle to permit the receptacle to be opened without ofi'ense to the person depositing the garbage. This vent pipe not only prevents the accumulation of offensive odors and the gathering of flies, but it also serves as a handle to swing the cover open and shut in cooperation with a sloping runner fixed at the bottom of the cover, and which runner is adapted to ride on the upper edge or rim of the recepacle to assist or effect a partial self-closing movement of the cover. 7

In the drawing accompanying this application, Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view on the line of the pivot post of the receptacle. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the receptacle, partly open. Fig. 3 is a sectional View on line 3-3, Fig. 2 showing the cover in an open selfclosing position.

The garbage receptacles in general use have flanged covers which trap the gases, odors and flies, and the user has this objectionable condition to contend with each time the cover is opened. In this invention the can or receptacle 2 is provided with a short post 8 comprising a forked pipe secured in upright position to the upper edge or rim of the receptacle by means of a set screw 4, and the projected portion of this pipe or post is covered by a cap or socket 5 rigidly fixed upon the upper side of a cover 6, whereby said cover is adapted to swing upon' said post and is also free to slide up and down thereon.

Cover 6 is round and substantially flat, except for an annular shallow seat near its edge where it is adapted to rest upon the upper edge or rim of the receptacle, and a vent or escape pipe '7 extends upwardly from the center of cover 6 to a height of four or five feet above the cover. Pipe 7 is united at its lower end to the cover and braced by means of a separate cone of sheet metal 8 sleeved GARBAGE RE QEPTACLE.

Application filed September or CLEVELAND, orno.

8,1919. Serial No. 3225321 over the pipe and soldered 01 otherwise fastened to the top side of the cover. A bent strip of metal 9 of triangular shape having serrations or openings 10 is soldered to the bottom side 01 the cover, and the bottom edge 11 of this strip slopes or i'nclines reverselyto the oppositesides of: the cover and is adapted to ride over the upper edge or run of the receptacle" when the cover is turned on the pivotpo'st by grasping and shifting the pipe 7 byhand. As a rule it is only necessary to open the cover partly to deposit garbage therein, and in that event the cover will gravitate and turn to a closing position itself, either from the left or right dependent upon which side of the receptacle the cover has been turned to place either inclined edge 11 in riding position upon the upper edge of the receptacle.

My object in serrating or providing openings in the upper part of the vertical strip 9 is to aiford a free exit for gases, odors, and moisture at the side of the, receptacle where the vertical strip 9 is interposed between the wall of the receptacle and the vent pipe, and the same result would be obtained if the open strip was substituted by a rod spaced apart from the cover.

In use, pipe 7 provides an escape passage for flies, it carries away moisture and prevents fermentation of the garbage when the cover is closed, the fumes or odors are immediately delivered into the open air far above the can or receptacle, and the relatively long pipe gives a good draft and makes the garbage receptacle so sanitary and unob jectionable that it can be placed near the door of a residence for the greater convenience of the user. The cover or lid is also free to be bodily removed and replaced as with any ordinary cover, and the long upright handle facilitates lifting and lowering of the cover without taint or soiling of the hands. The

pivot post may be attached to an old garbage can or receptacle, thus permitting the cover and post to be sold together and separate from the can or receptacle; and if the socket piece 5 is omitted the pivot connection will be sufiiciently free and open to permit the cover to be tilted as well as rotated in respect to the body of the can. It should also be understood that the structure described is not limited to a stationary or portable can but may be embodied in or applied to garbage wagons or other vehicles in which a device of this kind would be useful.

Patented FMar. 7,

adapted to ride upon the rim of the recep-,

I may also remove or omit the postand in that event the cover can still be utilized and conveniently handled by means of pipe? WVhat I claim is: r

1. A garbage receptacle, and a'cover hav ing a pivoted connection with said receptacle and provided with a sloping runnerat itsv bottoniadapted to ride upon" the rim of the receptacle. V

2. A- garbage receptacle having a cover pivoted to its rim, and a downwardly extending member having reversely inclined edges tacle. a i i a a 3. Agarbage 'eceptacle having a pivoted cover provided with a vent pipe at its top and a sloping runner spaced apart from its bottomside opposite said vent pipe.

4. A garbage receptacle having a pivot post" at its upper edge, a cover. having a sloping runner on its bottom adaptedto ride on the edge'of the receptacle When the cover is rotated on said post, and a centrally dispo'sedpipe fixed on said cover and adapted to be ripped to turn the cover on said post and raise the same on said runner.

,5, A garbagereceptacle having a post X- tending above the edge thereof, a cover in pivot connection with said post and a ire-o versely inclinedrunner on the bottom thereof adapted to ride onrtlie edge of the receptacle and to raise and lower the cover when rotatedon said post, and a hand grip extending upwardly from said cover and adapted to turnsaid cover about said post.

Signed at Cleveland, in the county of (hiyahoga, and State of Ohio, this 4 day of September,19l9. a a

" CHARLES B. MORGAN. 

